Talk about shooting ones own foot - Page 2

U-533 · 07-11-07, 05:23 AM

Cell phones are a "Plague" ...

I once saw 3 men lose thier jobs, in just as many hours, because they could not stay off the damn things...

I had a cell phone for a little while but ... I found out it's much more fun telling someone where they can go when your in thier face, and poking a finger in the middle of thier chest.

Tchocky · 07-11-07, 05:26 AM

I'll never understand US phone companies. T-Mobile wanted a $500 deposit from me because I wasn't a citizen, Cingular just needed my name and set me up with a phone for $40.

Tchocky · 07-11-07, 06:33 AM

Update - http://consumerist.com/consumer/excl...ice-277026.php

Heibges · 07-11-07, 12:55 PM

I worked for a small phone company back in New England. Our consumer division got stammed by the Russian couple I will call Boris and Natasha. They ran a promotion for free month of long distance, for folks signing up with our service. Boris and Natasha ran up a $5000 phone bill the first month with calls to Russia.

After that, they only gave out the 3rd month for free, and it was capped at a maximum of the average of the first two months.

Heibges · 07-11-07, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tchocky

I'll never understand US phone companies. T-Mobile wanted a $500 deposit from me because I wasn't a citizen, Cingular just needed my name and set me up with a phone for $40.

When the "800" numbers were running out in the early 1990's, NYNEX was charging business customers $150 to "reserve" one of the remaining numbers. I picked up a lot of clients because my company considered this a total scam, and did't charge any type of fee like this.

Now of course there are all kinds of Toll Free Area Codes available.

SUBMAN1 · 07-11-07, 04:19 PM

That Sprint Insider sounds more like a Sprint spin person.

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07-11-07, 06:33 AM	#18
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07-11-07, 12:55 PM	#19
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I worked for a small phone company back in New England. Our consumer division got stammed by the Russian couple I will call Boris and Natasha. They ran a promotion for free month of long distance, for folks signing up with our service. Boris and Natasha ran up a $5000 phone bill the first month with calls to Russia. After that, they only gave out the 3rd month for free, and it was capped at a maximum of the average of the first two months. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

07-11-07, 04:19 PM	#21
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That Sprint Insider sounds more like a Sprint spin person. __________________

07-11-07, 05:23 AM	#16
U-533 Samurai Navy Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: On my Boat Posts: 594 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cell phones are a "Plague" ... I once saw 3 men lose thier jobs, in just as many hours, because they could not stay off the damn things... I had a cell phone for a little while but ... I found out it's much more fun telling someone where they can go when your in thier face, and poking a finger in the middle of thier chest.